About LANXESS

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company, founded in 2004, and headquartered in Cologne, Germany. LANXESS products exhibit excellent physical properties for applications requiring UV stability and weatherability, improved durability, high tensile strength, and weather resistance. LANXESS acts according to its motto of "Good for business, good for community." This is based on the company’s commitment to sustainable development — supporting its customers, protecting the environment, and improving the quality of life of all people. Their products comply with the EU Ecolabel. LANXESS’ product portfolio consists of additives like biocides, plasticizers, flame retardants, solvents, adhesion promoters, crosslinking agents, surface modifiers, pigments like color pigments, dyes, and carbon blacks, resins like polyurethanes, acrylics and acrylic copolymers, epoxies, and alkyds, and monomers like polyols, diols, isocyanates, and diamines.

Preventol® A 14-D

Preventol® A 14-D by LANXESS is a dry film preservative based on diuron, carbendazim and octylisothiazolinones. This water-based dispersion exhibits broad-spectrum activity against algae and fungi which can destroy surface coatings. It possesses good flow and handling properties. It has low degree of water solubility, therefore offering good leaching resistance and long service time. It is compatible with high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Preventol® A 14-D is suitable for paints and coatings used for architectural products, finishes and special purpose coatings. Recommended dosage level is 0.15-2%. The shelf life is 12 months. Disclaimer: Not all products and services are available in every country. Contact a LANXESS MPP representative for availability in your country.

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Preventol® D 7 LT

Preventol® D 7 LT by LANXESS is a versatile, easy to use, low viscosity, in-can preservative based on monovalently stabilized isothiazolinones. It offers broad spectrum of activity against bacteria, including formaldehyde-resistant species, fungi, yeast & algae. This additive possesses good compatibility. It is used for the preservation of aqueous coatings. It is stable over pH range of 2.5-9.0. Preventol® D 7 LT has a shelf life of 1 year. Disclaimer: Not all products and services are available in every country. Contact a LANXESS MPP representative for availability in your country.

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Koalex™ MFX

Koalex™ MFX by LANXESS is a multifunctional low-VOC coalescent agent. It is developed to meet rising regulatory pressure on VOCs while improving key performance characteristics in waterborne coatings. It enables more efficient film formation at lower use levels, helping to optimize cost-in-use while enhancing application flexibility. <ul style="padding-left: 40px;"><li>It also promotes accelerated hardness development, allowing for faster early and long-term hardness build, which improves durability and reduces time-to-service. </li> <li>Additionally, it provides improved block and burnish resistance, enhancing resistance to tack, sticking, and surface marking so coatings maintain their appearance and performance in demanding environments. </li> <li>Finally, Koalex™ MFX increases in-can formulation robustness by improving overall in-can resilience, supporting more trouble-free formulations and enabling opportunities for optimized biocide use.</li></ul>

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